DescriptionPresident Barack Obama looking out over the Grand Canyon from Hopi Point in Arizona during a family vacation, nearly seven months after taking office during his first term.
LicensePete Souza / White House Photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
DescriptionA parade along George Street in Sydney for Waratah Festival, an annual celebration that ran for 18 years from 1956 to 1973 designed to enliven the city during spring. It was replaced in 1977 by the still-running Sydney Festival.
LicenseState Library of New South Wales from Australia, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
DescriptionA member of the Cuban Red Cross walking past the heavily damaged five-star Hotel Saratoga in Havana following a devastating explosion caused by a natural gas leak from a tanker truck. The blast claimed 46 lives and left dozens injured.